Bottle-stopper



(No Model.)

J. ALSFASSER.

BOTTLE STOPPER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH ALSFASSER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SBPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 324,449, dated August 18, 1885. Application filed March 5, 1885. (No model.)

My invention relates to an improved bottle- I stopper.

The object of the invention is to improve the construction of the bail to which internal stoppers are secured, thereby rendering their holding powers greater.

To the accomplishment of this end the in- -ventio'n consists of the novel construction and arrangement of such bail and its combination with the stopper and bottle.

Reference will be made to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical section of the neck of a bottle provided with my improvement, and showing the bottle open; Fig. 2, a similar view with the bottle closed, and Fig. 3 a detail of the bail and stopper.

Like letters refer to like parts in each View.

A represents the neck of a bottle, and, as is usual, is slightly contracted at a point between its upper or outer end and its lower end, of which the bottle proper is a continuation- The stopper consists of a piece, B, provided with two flanges separated by a suitable groove, into which a rubber disk, 0, isinserted and held. The part B is secured by soldering or otherwise to the bail D, now to be referred to. Bail D is formed of springwire, and is of the form shown in the drawings. The wire of which the bail is formed is, as shown, bent until its two free ends pass each other, thus forming a complete loop. The sides of this loop are bent inwardly to conform to the shape of the contracted portion of neck A, while the upper and lower portions are bent outwardly-the former to give a hold for a hook used in operating the stopper, as will be described, and the latter toreceive the stopper. It will thus be seen that the stopper is secured to the bail intermediate of its free ends, and that both of such free ends are adapted to press against the neck of the bottle. It will also be understood that the bail may be formed of two separate pieces, a a, as marked in Fig. 3. It will be understood that the part a, whether the bail is of one piece or two, is bent to form a shoul der at b, to correspond with a similar shoulder formed in the bail.

The manner of using the device is as follows: The user receives the bottle filled and closed, with the stopper in the position shown in Fig. 2, it being held in that position by the expansion of the spring-bail after it passes the contracted portion of the neck. To open the bottle. pressure is applied to the top of the bail, generally by striking it against the counter or other convenient place. drives the parts to the position shown in Fig. 1, wherein, as shown, the top of the bail is below the upper end of the neck, the stopper carried from its seat, and the parts held in position by the contraction in the neck being encircled and clasped by the bail. Alter the bottle has been refilled by thebottler, the stopper is carried back to its seat by inserting a hook under the top of the bail and drawing it upwardly.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. The combination, with a bottle and a spring-bail formed with two free ends, situated upon the same side of the loop formed by the bail, of a stopper secured to such bail intermediate of the ends, as set forth.

This force 2. The combination, with bottle A and stop- I per B O, of bail D, provided with two free ends situated upon the same side of the loop formed by such bail, the stopper secured to the bail intermediate of its ends.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH ALSFASSER.

Witnesses:

M. J. CLAGETT, LoUIs NOLTING. 

